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And diesel trains are adaptive to more environments. Electric trains are relatively more vulnerable unless the power network is proven extremely robust and reliable.
It happened in 2008 in China when a nasty snowstorm hit the south. Half the network went bust and the government needed to send diesel locomotives from north China, over 21000 miles crosscountry. Even shunters were used to haul the main line services at that time.